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tercentennial

tercentennial noun: the three-hundredth anniversary of an event; tricentennial.

Noun

tercentennial (plural tercentennials)

  1. The three-hundredth anniversary of an event; tricentennial.
    • 2006 was the tercentennial of Benjamin Franklin's birth.

Forms of tercentennial

pluraltercentennials

Origin of tercentennial

See tricentennial.

Words formed from tercentennial

Questions about tercentennial

What does tercentennial mean?
Tercentennial means the three-hundredth anniversary of an event; tricentennial.
What part of speech is tercentennial?
Tercentennial is a noun.
What is the plural of tercentennial?
The plural of tercentennial is tercentennials.

Words near tercentennial in the dictionary

  1. tercels gentle
  2. tercentenarian
  3. tercentenarians
  4. tercentenaries
  5. tercentenary
  6. tercentennial
  7. tercentennials
  8. Tercerista
  9. Terceristas
  10. Tercero
  11. terceroon

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